Java Char Lower Case toLowerCase(final char a)

Description

A toLowerCase routine which is faster to process the ASCII lowercase letters then Character.toLowerCase.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
a	the character to be converted.

Return

the lowercase equivalent of the character, if any; otherwise, the character itself.

Declaration

public static char toLowerCase(final char a)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * A toLowerCase routine which is faster to process the ASCII lowercase letters then Character.toLowerCase.
     *
     * @param a the character to be converted.
     * @return the lowercase equivalent of the character, if any; otherwise, the character itself.
     */
    public static char toLowerCase(final char a) {
        if (a < 'A' || a >= 'a' && a <= 'z') {
            return a;
        }

        if (a >= 'A' && a <= 'Z') {
            return (char) (a + ('a' - 'A'));
        }

        return Character.toLowerCase(a);
    }
}